Spinal cord implantation with acidic fibroblast growth factor as a treatment for root avulsion in obstetric brachial plexus palsy

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 392-396

  Lin, Pei Hsin ^a,c   Cheng, Henrich ^a,c   Huang, Wen Cheng ^a,c   Chuang, Tien Yow ^b,c  

^a Neurological Institute   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acidic fibroblast growth factor; Obstetric brachial plexus palsy; Root avulsion; Spinal cord implantation

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRIN GLUE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 23944477399     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70182-0     Document Type: Article

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